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Franc Aleu's video brilliance powers a dystopian Turandot at the Liceu

By David Karlin, 08 October 2019

Fine musical performances blend with staggering video artistry in Aleu's spectacular science-fiction setting.

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Barcelona

09 Oct 2019

Aleu's video brilliance powers a dystopian Liceu Turandot

By David Karlin

A forlorn Manon Lescaut arrives in Barcelona

By John Marten Barnard, 07 June 2018

Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu stages Puccini’s first great success as an operatic composer, Manon Lescaut with the stage direction of Davide Livermore.

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Barcelona

09 Jun 2018

A forlorn Manon Lescaut arrives in Barcelona

By John Marten Barnard

A tale of two princesses: a dusty Aida revived at the Teatro Real

By Fernando Remiro, 10 March 2018

In a disappointing revival of Hugo de Ana's clichéd and clumsy production, Liudmyla Monastyrska and Violeta Urmana confronted each other with their superb vocal techniques and diverging styles.

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Madrid

12 Mar 2018

A dusty Aida revived at the Teatro Real

By Fernando Remiro

Berlin

A wing and a prayer: the Deutsche Oper's Le Prophète

By Hugo Shirley, 26 November 2017

Oliver Py's new Meyerbeer staging offers plenty of clichés, but is a solid show, backed up by a fine musical performance.

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Berlin

28 Nov 2017

A wing and a prayer: Le Prophète

By Hugo Shirley

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Something borrowed: a lacklustre Manon Lescaut in Turin

By Renato Verga, 14 March 2017

The libretto had a troubled genesis, to say the least: seven people put their hand on it! But the rich melodic invention of the composer prevailed and the success was resounding.

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Turin

16 Mar 2017

A lacklustre Manon Lescaut in Turin

By Renato Verga

London

Anita Rachvelishvili takes the honours in Covent Garden's Il trovatore

By David Karlin, 31 January 2017

An outstanding Azucena and solid vocal and orchestral performances more than make up for David Bösch's unappealing staging.

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London

01 Feb 2017

Anita Rachvelishvili takes the honours in ROH Trovatore

By David Karlin

Cecil B DeMille in China for Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila in Turin

By Renato Verga, 15 November 2016

Kitsch and grand-opera in Hugo de Ana's production of Samson et Dalila in Turin.

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Turin

17 Nov 2016

Cecil B DeMille in China for Samson et Dalila

By Renato Verga

Warrior druidess: Norma as Games of Thrones at Teatro Real

By Fernando Remiro, 23 October 2016

Livermore turns Norma into a dubious tribute to fantasy B-movies but Gregory Kunde and Karine Deshayes come to the rescue.

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Madrid

24 Oct 2016

Norma as Games of Thrones at Teatro Real

By Fernando Remiro

Kunde both amazes and disappoints in Teatro Real's Otello

By Fernando Remiro, 18 September 2016

A lacklustre season opening at Teatro Real proves once again the elusive nature of Verdi's masterpiece.

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Madrid

21 Sep 2016

Kunde both amazes and disappoints in Teatro Real's Otello

By Fernando Remiro

London

Prom 41: The Hallé's take on Mahler's unnumbered symphony

By Alexander Hall, 16 August 2016

A strange combination of a Berlioz overture, a commemorative work and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with the Hallé, Sir Mark Elder, Alice Coote, Gregory Kunde and Leonard Elschenbroich.

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London

17 Aug 2016

Prom 41: Mahler's unnumbered symphony

By Alexander Hall

Mariella Devia, Queen of Spiders: Roberto Devereux at Teatro Real

By Fernando Remiro, 22 September 2015

In the opening night of Teatro Real's new season, Mariella Devia proved why she is one of the best bel canto singers of the last decades.

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Madrid

24 Sep 2015

Mariella Devia, Queen of Spiders

By Fernando Remiro

Milan

Jürgen Flimm's painterly Rossini Otello at Teatro alla Scala

By Courtney Smith, 07 July 2015

After an absence of 145 years, Teato alla Scala staged Gioachino Rossini's Otello in a painterly Jürgen Flimm production, sparse set inspired by conversations with Anselm Kiefer.

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Milan

10 Jul 2015

Flimm's painterly Rossini Otello at La Scala

By Courtney Smith

Otello in Turin: the weakness of a Moorish general

By Edoardo Pelligra, 14 October 2014

in Turin, British director Walter Sutcliffe sets Otello right in the middle of a never-ending battle and Gianandrea Noseda leads a passionate, rigorous account of the score.

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Turin

15 Oct 2014

Otello in Turin: the weakness of a Moorish general

By Edoardo Pelligra

Sacred Verdi ushers in Teatro Regio's new season

By Edoardo Pelligra, 04 October 2014

Teatro Regio in Turin paid its first seasonal tribute to Giuseppe Verdi with an engaging execution of the Messa da Reqiuem.

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Turin

06 Oct 2014

Sacred Verdi ushers in Teatro Regio's new season

By Edoardo Pelligra

Vienna

Rarely produced Rossini at the Theater an der Wien

By Zwölftöner, 17 August 2012

Written in 1819 and belonging to the opera seria chapter of Rossini’s career, the florid score of La donna del lago doesn’t so much respond to as resist its unabashedly romantic libretto.

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Vienna

20 Aug 2012

Rarely produced Rossini at the Theater an der Wien

By Zwölftöner

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Nice

Un Fidelio aux allures de Big Brother à l’Opéra de Nice

By Manon Decroix, 24 January 2023

La mise en scène très cinématographique de Cyril Teste fait mouche et la distribution est à la hauteur du défi que représente l'unique opéra de Beethoven.

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Nice

25 Jan 2023

Un Fidelio aux allures de Big Brother à l’Opéra de Nice

By Manon Decroix

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Munich

Les Troyens an der Bayerischen Staatsoper: zwischen Buh-Konzert und musikalischer Ekstase

By Norman Schwarze, 09 May 2022

Homoerotische Softpornos sorgen bei der Premiere von Hector Berlioz Grand opéra für ein ungewöhnlich lautstarkes Buh-Konzert – trotz einer Vielzahl von musikalischen Highlights.

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Munich

11 May 2022

Les Troyens an der Bayerischen Staatsoper: Buh-Konzert und Ekstase

By Norman Schwarze

Dudamel regresa al Liceu con un Otello cuestionado

By Maria Sánchez, 27 March 2021

Un reparto de altura, una orquesta entregada y cómoda bajo la batuta de Gustavo Dudamel, y un coro que estuvo al nivel. Todo, musicalmente, fue de una calidad suprema en el Otello del Gran Teatre del Liceu.

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Barcelona

29 Mar 2021

Dudamel regresa al Liceu con un Otello cuestionado

By Maria Sánchez

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Liège

Don Carlos à Liège : la tradition a parfois du bon

By Patrice Lieberman, 02 February 2020

À l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie, la production de la version française de l'œuvre cherche avant tout la fidélité au spectacle original. Triomphe pour Lionel Lhote, formidable dans le rôle du marquis de Posa.

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Liège

05 Feb 2020

Don Carlos à Liège : la tradition a parfois du bon

By Patrice Lieberman

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Una futurista Turandot triunfa en el Liceu

By Maria Sánchez, 08 October 2019

Veinte años han pasado desde la destrucción del Liceu y su última representación con él. Hoy, una Turandot que mira al futuro se erige como recuerdo del aniversario.

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Barcelona

10 Oct 2019

Una futurista Turandot triunfa en el Liceu

By Maria Sánchez

Vienna

Aida an der Wiener Staatsoper: immer wieder ein Erlebnis

By Snapdragon, 19 June 2019

Mit Mut und jahrelanger Erfahrung stemmt die Wiener Staatsoper das Antiken-Spektatkel erfolgreich auf die Bühne.

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Vienna

21 Jun 2019

Aida an der Wiener Staatsoper: immer wieder ein Erlebnis

By Snapdragon